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James Cameron
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James Francis Cameron (born August 16, 1954) is a Canadian filmmaker. He is a major figure in the post-New Hollywood era and often uses novel technologies with a classical filmmak…
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James Francis Cameron (born August 16, 1954) is a Canadian filmmaker. He is a major figure in the post-New Hollywood era and often uses novel technologies with a classical filmmaking style. Cameron first gained recognition for writing and directing The Terminator (1984), and found further success with Aliens (1986), The Abyss (1989), Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991), and True Lies (1994), as well as Avatar (2009) and its sequels. He directed, wrote, co-produced, and co-edited Titanic (1997), winning Academy Awards for Best Picture, Best Director, and Best Film Editing. He is a recipient of various other industry accolades, and three of his films have been selected for preservation in the National Film Registry by the Library of Congress. Cameron co-founded the production companies Lightstorm Entertainment, Digital Domain, and Earthship Productions. In addition to filmmaking, he is a National Geographic explorer-in-residence. He has produced many documentaries on deep-ocean exploration, including Ghosts of the Abyss (2003) and Aliens of the Deep (2005). Cameron has also contributed to underwater filming and remote vehicle technologies and helped create the digital 3D Fusion Camera System. In 2012, Cameron became the first person to solo descend the Mariana Trench, the deepest part of the Earth's ocean, in the Deepsea Challenger submersible. Cameron's films have grossed over $8 billion worldwide, making him the second-highest-grossing film director. Three of Cameron's films are among the top four highest-grossing films of all time; Avatar (2009), Avatar: The Way of Water (2022) and Titanic (1997) are the highest, third-highest and fourth-highest-grossing films of all time, respectively. Cameron directed the first film to gross over $1 billion, the first two films to gross over $2 billion, and is the only director to have had three films grossing over $2 billion. In 2010, Time named Cameron one of the 100 most influential people in the world. Cameron is also an environmentalist and runs several sustainability businesses. Description above from the Wikipedia article James Cameron, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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2031
Avatar 5
Movie Director
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2029
Avatar 4
Movie Story
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2026
Terminator, des machines et des hommes... et une femme
Movie Himself
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2026
Disney Worldbuilders
Movie Self
- 2026
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2026
James Cameron: Exploring Minds
Movie Self
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2026
Billie Eilish - Hit Me Hard and Soft: The Tour (Live in 3D)
Movie Self (uncredited)
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2026
Secrets of the Bees
TV show Executive Producer
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2026
OceanGate Disaster: Minute by Minute
Movie Self (archive footage)
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2025
Avatar: Fire and Ash
Movie Screenplay
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2025
Avatar: A New Era - Special Edition of 20/20
Movie Self
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2025
Fire and Water: Making the Avatar Films
TV show Self - Director, Writer, Producer, Creator, Editor
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2025
Predator: Badlands
Movie Thanks
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2025
Frankenstein
Movie Thanks
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2025
Jaws @ 50: The Definitive Inside Story
Movie Self
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2025
Secrets of the Penguins
TV show Executive Producer
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2025
There Is Another Way
Movie Executive Producer
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2025
Visionaries
TV show Self
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2024
What's Next? The Future with Bill Gates
TV show Self - Filmmaker, Inventor, Explorer
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2024
OceanXplorers
TV show Voice
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2024
Disney Legends Award Ceremony
TV show Self - Honoree
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2024
Modern Masters: SS Rajamouli
Movie Self
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2024
Aliens Expanded
Movie Self
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2024
Secrets of the Octopus
TV show Self
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2024
The Titan Sub Disaster: Minute by Minute
TV show Self
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2024
Fatal Dive to the Titanic: Truth and Lies
Movie Self
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2023
Titanic: Stories from the Heart
Movie Self
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2023
The Spot
Movie Thanks
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2023
Faut Voir - L'Hebdo cinéma
TV show Self - Guest
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2023
Secrets of the Elephants
TV show Executive Producer
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2023
Attack of the Doc!
Movie Self
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2023
Inside Pandora's Box
Movie Self
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2023
True Lies
TV show Executive Producer
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2023
Titanic: 25 Years Later with James Cameron
Movie Self
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2022
Avatar: The Way of Water
Movie Story
- 2022
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2022
Jamie Lee Curtis: Hollywood Call of Freedom
Movie Self (archive footage)
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2022
Who's Talking to Chris Wallace?
TV show Self
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2022
Super/Natural
TV show Executive Producer
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2022
LIGHT & MAGIC
TV show Self - Director
